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Also Known As Marie-Joseph Sue
Born January 26, 1804 • Paris • France
Died August 3, 1857 (aged 53) • Annecy • France
Notable Works “The Mysteries of Paris”

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Sue, engraving by Fuhr
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Émile Erckmann
French author
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Louis-Alexandre Chatrian
French author
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
Stendhal
French author
Honoré de Balzac daguerreotype, 1848
Honoré de Balzac
French author
Black and white portrait of French novelist Emile Zola with glasses, a full beard, and mustache, wearing a suit and looking to the side.
Émile Zola
French author
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert
French author
Portrait of French author Marcel Proust, seated with his hand resting thoughtfully against his chin, wearing a dark suit and looking directly at the camera.
Marcel Proust
French writer
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
French writer
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade
French author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
French author
Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux
French author
Colette
Colette
French writer
Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832
Prosper Mérimée
French author
Anatole France
Anatole France
French writer
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
French author
George Sand
George Sand
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Aymé, 1967
Marcel Aymé
French author